A gratifying film about sassy, intelligent women, crafted with an entertaining script and a deliberate vision, Olivia Wilde's Booksmart delivers as promised.
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Olympic Dreams | SXSW 2019 Film Review
Olympic Dreams succeeds in using first-time, unique filmmaking methods, but falls short on story, humor, and romantic believability.
Read More »Little Monsters | SXSW 2019 Film Review
Little Monsters is an incredibly fun horror comedy film which follows Kindergarten teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o), who must team up with Dave (Alexander England) to protect her students from the undead at all costs.
Read More »Good Boys | SXSW 2019 Film Review
Good Boys is the most inappropriately fantastic comedy of this year, leaving you in tears while parents rush home to lock their sex toys up in a safe.
Read More »Mickey and the Bear | SXSW 2019 Film Review
Tragedy strikes in all forms throughout life, but our response is what differentiates us between idly accepting the grief and striving to overcome it no matter the consequences, and that's an aspect Mickey and the Bear examines.
Read More »Yes, God, Yes | SXSW 2019 Film Review
Director Karen Maine beautifully constructs a film with humor and liberation for girls, as they transcend through puberty and must make sense of their "sins".
Read More »Triple Threat (2019) | Film Review
Triple Threat is explosively fun, with some of the best martial arts fight scenes, basic story turned intriguing, and a pronounced cast.
Read More »Paddleton (2019) | Film Review
Arguably the bromance movie of the year, Paddleton will leave you with an empty box of tissues, calling your best friend.
Read More »Glass (2019) | Film Review
Glass is the convergence of M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016), so if you haven’t seen those two – stop reading this and go check them out. Yes, you will want to see both before you see Glass. To discuss Glass, we need to recap the prior two installments. In Unbreakable, David Dunn (Bruce Willis) was the sole survivor of …
Read More »The Upside (2019) | Film Review
The Upside is a beautiful tale about the fragility of humanity and the healing powers of friendship, starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman.
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